This series contains video and audio cassettes and reel to reel film recording Domike's work on
Labor's Corner,
The River Ran Red,
Women of Steel,
Life Without Father,
Niccaribe, and
Out of This Furnace: A Walking Tour. Also included are various reports and interviews regarding Pittsburgh and the steel industry, such as those on the Steel Valley Authority. Reports about union strikes at and the United Mine Workers are also present. It should be noted that many of the titles are only a brief synopsis or part of what may be written on a case and/or its item, as many items include detailed descriptions and further information than a title.

Subseries 1.Labor's Corner

Scope and Content Notes:

This subseries contains episodes of the weekly half-hour television program
Labor's Corner which was produced by Domike and discussed issues concerning Pittsburgh area workers and labor unions. The show filmed sixty episodes from 1987-1990 and appeared on Pittsburgh public television station, WQEX.

The videos in this subseries are all part of the production of
The River Ran Red documentary. Included are raw footage, stock footage, voice overs, and the finished edit of the film.

Box 15

Video

052-062

The River Ran Red Videos (5 Betacam, 2 VHS, 4 3/4" Umatic)

Box 16

Video

063-072

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 17

Video

073-093

The River Ran Red Videos (30 Betacam)

Box 18

Video

103-127

The River Ran Red Videos (20 Betacam, 5 3/4" Umatic)

Box 19

Video

128-137

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 20

Video

138-147

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 21

Video

148-157

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 22

Video

158-167

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 23

Video

168-177

The River Ran Red Videos (10 3/4" Umatic)

Box 58

Video

715

The River Ran Red Videos (1 3/4" Tape)

Subseries 3.Women of Steel

Scope and Content Notes:

This subseries contains all of the footage, audio, interviews and stock images used to create the 1985 documentary
Women of Steel. The film follows a group of women during their time as steelworkers and their lives after the collapse of the steel industry.
Women of Steel has won numerous first place awards from The National Commission on Working Women Broadcast Awards, The National Educational Film Festival, and the Tucson Women's Video Festival.

Box 24

Video

178-189

Women of Steel Videos (9 3/4" Umatic)

Box 25

Video

190-201

Women of Steel Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 26

Video

202-213

Women of Steel Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 27

Video

214-225

Women of Steel Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 28

Video

226-238

Women of Steel Videos (11 3/4" Umatic, 2 VHS)

Box 29

Video

243-250

Women of Steel Videos (7 VHS)

Box 58

Video

716

Women of Steel Videos (1 3/4" Tape)

Subseries 4.Life Without Father

Scope and Content Notes:

The contents of this series are a variety of formats of tape documenting the creation of the
Life Without Father documentary. Much of the footage is of the interviews of the women featured in the film, but raw footage and the end product are present as well. The final documentary follows three single mothers by choice. The documentary underwent several name changes, with most tapes being labeled SMC (Single Mothers Coalition), but all of the items in this series all pertain to
Life Without Father.

Box 29

Video

239-242, 251-252

Life Without Father Videos (2 VHS, 4 3/4" Umatic)

Box 30

Video

253-264

Life Without Father Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 31

Video

265-276

Life Without Father Videos (12 3/4" Umatic
)

Box 32

Video

277-288

Life Without Father Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 33

Video

289-300

Life Without Father Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 34

Video

301-309

Life Without Father Videos (6 3/4" Umatic, 2 VHS)

Box 58

Video

717

Life Without Father Videos (1 3/4" Tape)

Subseries 5.Nicarribe

Scope and Content Notes:

This subseries holds the extensive documentation of the production of
Niccaribe. This documentary was filmed in Nicaragua and focuses on the lands and people of the Atlantic coast, also known as Niccaribe. Interviews about the community, people's heritage, the role of the church, and politics of the 'Niccaribe' area are featured. The interviewees discuss the attempted revolution and military oppression they experienced as well.

Box 34

Video

310-317

Nicarribe Videos (5 Betacam, 1 VHS, 2 3/4" Umatic)

Box 35

Video

318-347

Nicarribe Videos (30 Betacam)

Box 36

Video

348-362

Nicarribe Videos (14 Betacam, 1 3/4" Umatic)

Box 37

Video

363-376

Nicarribe Videos (9 VHS, 5 3/4" Umatic )

Box 38

Video

377-387

Nicarribe Videos (11 3/4" Umatic)

Box 39

Video

388-391

Nicarribe Videos (2 VHS, 9 Betacam, 5 3/4" Umatic)

Subseries 6.Out of This Furnace: A Walking Tour of Thomas Bell's Novel

Scope and Content Notes:

This subseries of videocassettes comprises footage taken for the walking tour of Thomas Bell's novel,
Out of This Furnace which documents three generations of mill workers in Braddock, Pennsylvania. The film was developed by Steffie Domike and David Demarest. Demarest was responsible for the book's 1976 reissue by the University of Pittsburgh Press and its afterword. Led by Demarest, the viewer is taken on a trip through Braddock using recent footage, commentary, historic photographs, and readings from the novel.

Box 39

Video

392-403

Out of This Furnace: A Walking Tour of Thomas Bell's Novel Videos (9 Betacam, 2 VHS)

Subseries 7.Steel Valley Authority

Scope and Content Notes:

The Steel Valley Authority was created in 1986 as a coalition of several municipalities in the Mon Valley. Their goal was to revitalize the economic base of the area, including where possible the preservation of its status as a world steel making center. Another goal of the Steel Valley Authority was to explore the possibility of public ownership of abandoned or soon to be abandoned industrial facilities. This subseries contains interviews with several key figures in the Steel Valley Authority, as well as footage of several of the Authority's meetings. The Steel Valley Authority was still active as of 2007 and its main areas of focus include the creation or preservation of industrial jobs, community development, and investing in small to medium sized industrial businesses.

Box 40

Video

404-415

Steel Valley Authority Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 41

Video

416-427

Steel Valley Authority Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 42

Video

428-439

Steel Valley Authority Videos (12 3/4" Umatic)

Box 43

Video

440-453

Steel Valley Authority Videos (7 VHS, 7 3/4" Umatic)

Subseries 8.Assorted Video

Scope and Content Notes:

This subseries contains a large variety of video cassettes regarding such topics as the 1990 Greyhound strike, the United Mine Workers of America, and episodes of Domike's television program,
On Camera, which featured independently produced films. There is also plenty of raw footage that feature small projects like promotional videos for United Steelworkers of America, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and other organizations, visual explorations of historical towns, documentation of various events, and tapes made up solely of videoed images. Some of the items in this subseries were not produced or filmed by Domike but were a part of her collection.

This subseries contains photographs and slides which contributed to Domike's many productions. Included are reproductions of images used in
The River Ran Red anthology, as well as original photographs used in
Crashin' Out: Hard Times in McKeesport and
Women of Steel. Also documented are several labor demonstrations and rallies, as well as the last day of work at the USX Duquesne steel mill.

Prior to the addition of new materials in October 2011, this subseries existed as Series VIII. The new materials added largely document Domike's involvement in the Mon-Valley Unemployment Committee's Oral History Project and her various artworks, exhibits and installations. Electronic media in the form of CD-ROMS and zip and floppy disks have also been added. Hard copies of the interview with Monsignor Rice and narratives for Terminal Time have been included in the collection.

Box 11

Folder

1-3

The River Ran Red Anthology Images

Folder

4

Pittsburgh Scenes, 1984

Folder

5

West Homestead Historical Sites

Folder

6

New York Society Library

Folder

7

The River Ran Red Photographs and Negatives

Folder

8

The River Ran Red Location Shots, Loch Rannoch, Scotland

Folder

9

Crashin' Out: Hard Times in McKeesport, 1984

Folder

10-12

Crashin' Out: Hard Times in McKeesport Slides, 1984

Folder

13

Shutdown at Duquesne Slides, 1984

Folder

14

Miscellaneous Slides, 1983-1984

Section: New Material Added, 2011

Box 75

Folder

1

Contact sheets and negatives of
Labor's Corner, undated

Folder

2

Contact sheets and negatives of McKeesport, Early 1980's

Folder

3

Contact sheets and negatives of MVUC attendees at the "Lobby in D.C. for Jobs." 1983